The Sun. — London, England, 1826-04-19 00:00:00

~~~ 3. inntsieted in the removal of all difficnlties and restrictions upon the importation of foreign articles into this Country, but that doctrine does not meet my view of foreign trade.. The Hon. Mover says, that he is the friend of free trade in corn. I appeal to those who have sat. with me 'in the Committee of 1821, whether I shrunk from, avowing myself as great a friend of the free trade in that article, as the Honourable Mover is, but when my Honourable • Friend says, I am for free trade in sugar, and for free trade in timber, he forgets that there are two grounds of restriction in the shape of duty, upon the productions of foreign countries. One of these grounds, is the levying of duty for the purpose of raising' a,,levenue, which the peculiar situation of this country, the amount of our National Debt, renders necessary. Does not my Hon. Orrad.know, that the Revenue levied upon the importation of tinker is of considerable amount, and that the duty upon sugar is a Moat productive source of revenue. Those duties are not, like eater duties, levied for theprotection of any British manufacture, hut solely for the purpose of Revenue. 'An Honourable Member.-s-East India Sugar. • • •")11c. HIJSKISSON.--4 Could show that the protection afforded that article is rather nominal than real ; but I must say that I can't see why any part of British capital employed in' the manufacture of one article should not be as well entitled to pro- teetion, as any other portion of British capital employed in another Mautifacture. The other ground of restriction upon free trade . I )itSiats in the protection which places the manufactures, or the Produceof the soil, upon a fair footing with the manufactures and the produce of the soil of other countries. If, in the pecu liar.situetien of this country, there are circumstances which ren 'der it Rees:wry .ten impose upon ,our manufacturers and agricul itiristsc I?netitens front which those classes are exempt in other countries, it As but fair that a countervailing duty to the extent of the advantages _of other countries, should be imposed as a ' proposed to those classe s i n thi s coun t ry . Wh at I h ave already this Parliament, respecting free trade in silk, was not diet all the ports should be opened without duty, but ,that such a 'degree of protection us appeared to tne Commensurate snafu the disadvantages under which our manufacturers of that .article are placed, compared with the foreign manufacturer, should be af forded in the shape of a duty upon the foreign manufacture, and by thus putting our manufacturer upon an equal footing with the foreigner, to excite his emulation and his industry. It is upon tint principle that I, according to my view of the principle* of trade, have acted, and I have done so not from any wish to i i' 4 7oy the silk trade in this country, but from a wish to destroy tha t.comoetition which smuggling had created, and to increase the r "vvaue. I am aware that this measure at first created alarm among the British manufacturers, but I now believe that they find 4 /"' 4 System more to their advantage than an actual prohibition, which could not, by possibility, completely exclude competition, ...end that the protection afforded the British manufacturer, is quite sufficient. The lion. Mover has said, that in proposing that mea sure I began at the wrong end, and that I ought first to have proposed an alteration in the corn laws. When the Hon. Mover made that Statement, I beg to ask hint, whether he recollected the different circumstances under which those two branches of commerce were placed? Dues he forget all the statements which had been made by Mr. Webb Hall respecting the protection afforded to the manu factures of the country? Does he forget that Mr. Hall spewed that tine branch of manufactures had a protection of 80, and another branch a protection of 60 per cent. ; and that such was the int prestsion created by his writings, that the answer of the agricul turist to every proposal for any alteration in the Corn Laws was, take off , the protection given to the manufacturer, and we shall be then able to enter into competition with the growers of foreign corn? That objection has been removed by the ';hing e which has taken place ; and we can now say to the itsriculturist, the protecting duty of the cotton manufac turer has been reduced; he pays a duty upon the raw tusterinl, but iu addition to that duty, there is another im- Posed upon the manufacturer in the shape of corn. This s tatement must silence some of the arguments against an alters ti(ap in the system of the Corn Laws. The great difficulty is, 2 1 ' 3 14 vutfiCimt.„ .. protecting duty to the agriculturist, upon the Puriaticin of foreign corn, but I am couvinced that when we have sufficient thine to consider the nature of the information, which in 4 kw days will, be in the hands of every lion. Member, and when "'" shall be placed in more favourable circumstances than we stand "I at prevent, we shall come to the consideration of the question with greater certainty of 'doing justice to all the interests concerned with greater satisfaction to our minds, and with the best prospect t hat the most sanguine advocates of what are called the Agnelli teral Interests, will be reconciled to an alteration. For these tea his, and being firmly persuaded that no good could, under the Peculiar circumstances, arise from agitating the question at, m om; and that this moment is not, in my view of the question, a lit time for proceeding to the appointment of a Committee. I, therefore,' feel myself, with every respect for the inotivei of the lion. Mover, under the necessity of moving the previous queition. Upon the amendmeot being put, ,_ Lord 'MILTON said, that if h e Vita now disappointed a t th e further "postponetnent of this great question by his Majesty's Government, he c:oulil not but look for the saute disappoint wilt on future °evasions, because the *lune arguments might be used and indeed expected from Session to S ess i on , li e confessed be thought the • Right lion. Gentleman had not complimented the Hous e , when he stated that they were not competent to discuss the question, because of the impending ditimolution of Parliament. It appeared to him that the sooner the. question was dealt with. the better, and that it ought to be a good reason for prolonging the Sessiou. By the Course which the. Government had taken, 'very thitig was left in euspence. Who could know what the value of rents and leases would be, when his Majesty's Ministers w raPped up in mysterious language or in silence what their inten tkbus were? He did not believe that a fair consideration of the 1 4stion, and an adjustment upon equitable :principles,:would be injurious to the landed interests. Certainly they would be obliged ki reduce their rents, but that 'would be made up to them by a rresponding reduction in the price of corn and of all other arti of provision. He d en i e d th a t th e f a rmer and the agricultural labourer were interest e d i n th e hi g h price of corn ; and when La t he farther and labourer, they were in fact pleading their own . elt ,"e• They w ere the only parties who benefited by the high P t 'ee of corn. It a pp eare d to hi m , t h at if t h ere was a t i me w hen the' mnstion ought . to b e cons id ere d, it was a t a ti me ,0 Comenercial Distress; because be believed there was no ra in th e - comtuerc i al code of this country more injurious to c:untseree than the C ons L aws w hi c h s h ut us out from almost 7 1 t r he nearer ports of Eu ro p e an d f rom t h e Baltic. In what 7e, point of view he contemplated this law, it was equally oft- Jectionabl e ; h e . hound it imp olitic , unjust, and unchristian. It was unchristian 'b ecause it e nhanced 1 to the poor t he necessaries of lif e . I n short these laws were not to be (1 4, 4 * !ntainet1 by : an y argument short of national independence • et he apprehended th a t no one could say theycould make ' in , (l ,ePetuletito il„foreg n nations u n d er t h e occurrence of many I—"stule circumstances. 1)o let the House look at what the questi on „- eoty . was. It was nothing more nor less than the f or C eir fi entleme, n of England standing up to claim protection T he own. interests—that was, high prices and high rts. meet,.. 3 / 4 4 n_ded Gentl e m en , w h o were the most wealthy, no e t t he th enlB ; l u v w es e re n us Flame in the country—was it for th em to place i such a situation, who ought to b e a t th e h ea d o f te a ry thin g ineghattiraous, and - to sacrifi ce th e i r own i nterests the cause'of their cou ntry and th e genera l goo d ? He blushed for th e clasp tonitieh h Ueritleinen that It was said by some of these the interes be t v lo o as i f ig t n e h d oe . national debt must be paid out of the rents of the land o . f anal and d pa b rt of the national debt paid by the accumulation of the labourer * „h o tie industry Was his capital? The y absur e di a ti into which l these "entlemen fell, when they talked upon the tl su bject, tltein w Sd u ndorea lly 4 Sl 4 lt ite fe p el ity, e co . nclu . sious . to . which they mg ot another description. He had been anxious to ex- P . r _ ( *s o _his opinion to the House, because he was responsible for the ca f having ,otue voted for these laws, un d er t h e peculiar cir itostanesse in which the country was then placed. . tr Mr. 11 . STAINER ' thought that His Majesty's Ministers haul teal the agricultural 'interest very ill, by not a t once emit alvdheiceihsion upon the question. In the state of uncertainty the subject wits left, landlords knew not what en mo', e „ to enter into with th e i r tenants. H e did not the ,ne principle of free trade as applied to this question. On tht imputation which the . Noble Lord had cast upon them tended .11C to advan thetr own whilst the pre- (Hear, ttlvocate h e cause of the a farmer an d th e laboury er. tri f i ees hear !)—The landed gentlemen bad made ea- It teas „ w hich wer e i n th e hi g h est d egree honourable to them. oat the u nPossible that the agricultural interest could exist with.. of CA/11144W% so long as they lead to pay the present amount _ if Ministers would take away. 30,000,0001. front th e 6,0 0 0 0 1• of debt, and repeal the 2, 000,0001 . of land tax and nse to 3 0 . 00/• of poor rates, the agricultural interests would be lion resident foreign competitiOn, but not otherwise, The Right rot h: of the Board of trade, said that the question should .1 4 , 01 , 4 flitated till Mr. Jacobs' napespublicaion came forth. Mr. neu:o_wnrk would proditm no effect mind.—(A laugh.) din er eia.ood that formed M J bentertained opinions very from those which lie now rofessed re 44 r y T. ACO C ,et ntertain one set of °Pinions When he saw a ate asoth er u h n 1 P at 'one me, and a different e was employed hy Administration to serve esr den t i te. lar people s , he" could not attach much weight to his e4 Pai • ish ieh niIiABERLY expressed his surp rise at the manner in re `fie • ilideut o f th e B oard of Trade had attempted to get rid of the question. The Right Hon. Gentleman said it wan ha. proper to discuss it this year, because it was then a period of dis tress; and last year he came to the same conclusion, but upon a different ground--muziely-, because it was then a period of prosperity. The Right lion. Gentleman seemed to be play ing at hide and seek. One did not know where to catch him.—(Hear, hear !)--Such a set of arguments as the Right Honourable Gentleman had advanced in objection to the motion was never heard. Amongst other things he had said that Mr. Jacobs' evidence was not yet ready. Whose fault was that ? Mr. Jacobs had returned to this country in autumn, and, if the Right Hon. Gentleman had really intended to redeem the pledge which he made last Session, why was not the evidence laid on the table of the House on the first day of the meeting of Parliament? Gentlemen argued that cheap corn could afford no advantage to the manufacturer ; because it was by the sale of that corn, and by that alone, that the agriculturist, his customer, was enabled to buy the commodity which he produced. But, upon the shewing of Hon. Gentlemen themselves, this reasonit , involved a fallacy; for, as certainly nothing could come into th e country unless something in exchange for it went out, no import of corn could possibly take place unless by an exportation of our manufactures. The lion. Wmher, after stating that he objected to the Corn Laws for hardly any reason more than for the violent fluctuations of prim which they tended to pro duce, concluded by , opposing the right of the agriculturists to what they called a " remunerating price," upon the ground that there was no saying at what point that remunerating price .would atop. By bringing poor lands into cultivation, it might be raised even thirty or forty .per cent. higher than it was at present. He hoped that the question would be brought forward and pressed from year to year until the existing system was got rid of; convinced, as he was, that it was most mis chievous to the wealth and prosperity of the country. Mr. HUSKISSON, in explanation, denied that, in the last year, he had used the prosperity of the. country as an argument against going into a revision of the Corn Laws; nor had he on the present occasion quoted the distress a a reason for avoiding that measure. All he now said was, that any rapid reduction at the present moment in the price of corn might be likely to create alarm, and aggravate the difficulties under which the country bad been labouring. As for the report to which the Hon. Member for Northampton had alluded, he (Mr. Iluskiason), had lost no time in laying it before the House as soon as h e rece i ve d it. Mr. b. PHILLIPS explained, amidst loud cries of " spoke." Mr. CURWEN said a few words in defence of the land-owners, who were not fairly used, as it seemed to him, in being accused of a sordid attention to their own interests. The manufacturers would gain nothing by having corn cheap, for their wages would be low in proportion. The change proposed, it was clear to him, would do mischief to the whole country.—(Cries of " Question.") Mr. E. WODEHOUSE spoke for a few momenta;. but the stormy state of the House rendered it impOtsaible to collect a single sentence that the Hon. Member uttered. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT differed much from the Right Hon. Gentleman on the Ministerial side of the House, with re spect to the advantage and disadvantage of discussion. He had never seen it subject brought before the House, which in his opinion more required discussion. He should vote for the motion, because he was convinced that the interest of the whole commu nity required it, and that the interest of the landholder and the country at large was one. The prosperity of this country was to be attributed to the small scale on which its agriculture was con ducted. One-third of the community was sufficient to produce food for the maintenance of the whole population. That pecu liar circumstance presented a feature of prosperity excelling any to be found in the different nations of Europe. No State could boast the same advantage. France, with a population of 50,000,000, had four-fifths employed in agriculture, and few in manufactures—the consequence was, that by employing too many in agriculture, they had a small manufacturing popula tion, and were not a rich nation. When agriculture and manu factures went on upon a proper scale both became rich. One, in fact, could not be rich without the other. If France had but half her population properly employed, she would be happier than Englund, but having that system of law which struck at property, she went on, as it were, in love with her de struction. They all knew that the laws in France made every generation poorer than the preceding generation. Men who were considered the light of the age considered it a great misfor tune not to have the laws of France, but if they had those laws, the results would be very different from their calculation. There were two ways of considering the question. One was to consider the high price of corn, occasioned by' the Corn Law*. An Honourable Member who maintained that doctrine, had failed to prove that prosperity always attended when corn was at low price. On the contrary, the Honourable Member had shown, that where corn was so cheap the greatest distress pre vailed. Still the lion. Baronet considered the importation of corn would be beneficial to the country. The more corn wan imported, the more manufactures would be promoted. Let foreign corn come into the country and manufactured articles would be taken out.' lie was 'convinced the public interest required the Mea sure, and that the landed interest deceived themselves in opposing it. It would be a great advantage if free trade in corn could he established. • Mr. BROUGHAM wished to ;peak shortly to this simple question—whether the house should go into a committee, not to enter upon un investigation of the subject, but to adopt a legislative measure to settle this question. The Right lion. Gentleman opposite did not accede to the motion to settle finally this important question, from a feeling connected with the probable short duratiou of Parliament—a, question of infinitely greater importance than any others, and highly so with respect to the different relations in which it stood to the whole wealth of the country. The settlement of such a question ho (Mr. Broueltain) considered of great impor tance. The Right Honourable Gentleman was not willing to have it discussed on the present occasion, because there would not be sufficient time to .ffikeusa it, thinking it desirable, no doubt, to refer the question to the country. lie (Mr. !trough ham) did view it so. lie thought that if the how seoled this' question as they ought to settle it, and as the country ought to wish it to be Nettled, they need not fear to meet their constituents. But the course pursued by the Right Hon. Gen tleman could not he sariCfactory to either of the two parch; in this affair. He had not stared what the intentions of the Government were, anti the uncertainty in which he had left both of the two classes, would cause th e m t o p ut t h e i r own con struction upon th ei matter, and to be influenced by their own feelings. This was seen exemplified in the case of the Hon. member for Surrey (Mr. li. Sumner), who said he viewed wi.h alarm the fearful doctrine of the Right Hon.(ientletnan. Would the manufacturers be satisfied ? Would the consumers be sstistied ? The reason why they could not discuss the question now, was because the. discussion would prevent their meeting the country ! There should be a fair protecting duty to enable our agriculturists to maintain a compesition with dune of other countries. This measure would not lower prices or rents so much as to prevent fluctuating rents. It would be wrong in him to express a belief' that it would tend to lower prices or rents. Si ith lever prices, however, he trusted them would be lowir wages in one department of labour—that of the public service ; tie hoped that the rialaties of public servants which had been augmented wouid be reduced, anti those parts of the public burden lightened -4 Coughing)--that relief would be affarded in the only way in which country gentlemen could be eaved.—((toughing.)—They would then have lower county rates, and lower poor rates.—(Coui;hieg.)—With these views, and in order that the question might be set at rest, he should vote for the motion. Mr. WHITMORE said a few words in reply, and • the House divided— lio 01—Against it, 2.lo.—Majority; 169. The other n r(l o r t t i le n rs , of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a QUARTER PAST ONE. --- POLLARD, THE MURDERER. Yesterday an Inques t was held on the body of Pollard, the murderer. Tile evidence was nearly the Narme as given on the fomer inquest on C.tov. After alme discussion. the Jury repaired to the Infirmary, where Airs. Bignold now S. The unfoi tanate woman seemed almost unconcious of what she said. She described Pollard's coming to her, and her "voing with him into the passage, where lie told her if she would not live with him she would repent it. He asked her why she left him, when she declared that she would neverdo 50 ; on which he repeated his threat, and fearing he would do himself soine harm, site then went to get her shawl and bonne t, when he ran round and attacked. She denied that Pollard had told her that if she would not live with hint he would murtlet Mr. Cooper. She had received three wounds from him. The Coroner summed up the evidence to the Jury, observing that this was a case whi c h ca ll e d on t h e C ourt t o p ar ticularly mark. —The .fury unanimously returned a verdict of Felo•ele.st. About twelve o'clock last night the body of this inhuman monster was removed front the IVorkhouse in a cart, to the ffurial-ground at St. John's IT'Cod, where a grave had been dug in the mound of earth appropriated to paupers. A number of persons had assembled, who by their execrations marked their horror of the foul deed, The body was placed in a plain wooden shell, and without the slightest funeral rite or prayer whatsoever it was lowered into the earth. The grave was in stantly filled up, and in a very few minutes no trace was ap parent to guide a stranger to the last resting place of this san guinary vill a in. Within the circumference of a couple of bun dred yards are deposited the remain% of two, against whom the verdict of Filo-de-se has beets recorded; one, a young man who destroyed himself' without any apparent cause, lies close to the church-yard ; and In the cross mad adjoining, the murderer and suicide lilooland, who shot Sir Charles Bamfield. The notori ous fanatic Johanna Soutlicoate is also interred in the Burial ground. The Debates in the House of Commons of last night occupy so large a space of our Paper, that we must restrict any observations upon them to narrow limits. Mr. HUME, in presenting a petition from an unfortunate person who is .confined for contempt of the Court of Chancery, so far availed himself of that pri vilege of speech which he frequently exercises, as to assert unhesitatingly, not only that the Court of Chan cery was a curse to the Country, but that the upright Judge who presides over that Court was another curse. Without now entering upon the merits of the case which gave rise to these remarks—or to the practice of the Court of Chancery, we must observe, that it is to be regretted, for the dignity of the House of Commons, that the Privilege of Freedom of Speech enjoyed by Members of that Honourable Body, should be so greatly abused as it was in this instance by the Member for Montrose. License of remark should at all times, (as was well observed, by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, be re strained and regulated by courtesy, respect for consti tuted authorities, and above all by a regard for truth and justice. But it should be used with still more caution and regard to these considerations, in an as sembly, the proceedings of which are now communi cated to the whole country, and influence in a power ful degree the opinion of the public. The absence of the accused should also have shielded him from such an attack as that made by Mr. HUME on the Cu AN.. CELLO lt, and should have induced the Honorable Member to recollect that the exercise of a privilege, even as Member of the House of Commons, should not be indulged in, in violation of every principle of justice, and of those acknowledged maxims which regu late the conduct of gentlemen in other less dignified stations. We need hardly add that the House treated Mr, HUME'S language in the way it deserved. In our Paper of yesterday, we ventured to offer a remark on the imprudence of agitating the Corn ilues. tion at'present, and we feel convinced, that most of our Readers will be satisfied by the arguments of Mr. HusiussoN in the House of Commons last night, that a new. Parliament will be better qualified than the present to enter on the discussion of that most important subject. Mr. WiIITMORE'S speech, in bringing forward the motion, was distinguished for clearness and knowledge of the subject, but we cannot agree *With him in think ing that a varying duty would be advisable under any circumstances.. Steadiness of price appears to us the great object to be attained, and a system of averages will always leave room for speculation and fluctuation. We trust, however, that the new Parliament will, at an early period, direct its attention to the consi deration of these Laws, which, in their present state, must be generally disapproved of— inasmuch as they expose manufacturers and agriculturists alter nately to those sudden reverses of fortune for which these latter times have been unhappily so remarkable. We may add our apprehensions that the agricultural body will be very far from satisfied with the amount of the protecting duty . (as. proposed), of ten or twelve shillings per quarter. • - • It i,o is n d s t t , ri n t ef(rlo, m a t t h P e ri p v u a t k e eof Lettershave been WELLINGTON, nre c a c t i v s ed St. in Petersburg, announcing his Grace's intentioh to be in England within a fortnight from the present time. , It has been known for several days, that his Grace's ar rival might be looked for at the beginning of the month of May. It is also reported, that pri vate accounts were received yesterday, stating that Admiral GREIG, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian fleet at Cronstadt, had been called to St. Petersburgh to receive instructions to put the fleet to sea, and that since the beginning of the present mouth various movements have taken place in the two grand armies of Generals WITTGENSTEIN. and SACKEN. It is said also that the cavalry has been reinforced. With regard to the Russia' fleet, we do not believe that any preparations have been made for its equipment beyond such as are necessary at this sea. son of the year, for the squadron usually exercised in the Baltic during the summer months. We received German Papers this morning, filled with speculations upon the present situation of Russia and Poland. They hint at a conspiracy in Warsaw, similar to that lately organized in Russia, but nothing certain is known. A Polish General, who had been a companion in arms of KosclusKo, was arrested in Dresden, by order of Russia, and sent on to St. Peters burgh. We copy from a -Morning Paper the following Letter, announcing the fall of Missolonghi. This let ter is said to have been written by an English Colonel, who was one of the brave defenders of the place ; but we have no means of ascertaining its i authenticity, nor have 'we been able to learn that any intell ig ence confirmatory of its contents have been received. If Missolonghi has indeed fallen, as represented, the Turks have bought it at a price which, by any other nation, would he consi dered greater than the value of the conquest. " Si. Anne's, near Lepanto, March 14,.1026. " Missolonghi has fallen. That heroic city which for eighteen months had defeated the power of the Infidels and re pulsed seventy-two attacks, was taken by storm on the 10th. Poor St. Anus's: fell on the occasion, but he died nobly. On the Hilt, while we were rejoicing for our late victory, InnAN IM having been reinforced by 7000 troops, arrived before the place, and again summoned us to surrender, promising favourable conditions, which being refused, a sharp afiltir took place, the result of which was that he fell back, having lost 700 killed, 200 wounded, 400 prisoners, four pieces of cannon, anti two stand. ache On the 9th he returned with twenty thousand men, and a formidable train of artillery, surrounding the town on all sides. We had only 7,000 men to oppose to him, and those worn out 'with fatigue, hut all resolved to conquer or die. On the even ing we received the Sacrament in the Church of St. SOPHIA, and marched to our posts, frost which few returned. At twelve o'clock the enemy opened a tremendous fire from 105 cannons and 40 mortars, which continued without intermission till ten o'clock next morning, when the walls became a heap of ruins. The enemy then vigourously attacked us in four directions, and after two hours fighting forced their way into the town. The conflict was now raging in the must deadly form. The streets were choked with the dead and wounded, whilst the blood was running in streams. The slaughter of the Turks was excessive, as every house was a complete fortress, and the ground disputed at the point of the bayonet, inch by inch. Our gallant French volunteers 'did wonders. Three times, headed by our brave and lamented ST. Annex, they charged and drove back the enemy with great loss, taking a number of prisoners ; but in making a fourth and desperate attack, our gallant ST. AUDI N was shot in the breast, and died in my anus, begging me with his last breath, to die rather than yield. In the mean time, the Go. vernor defended himself with heroic obstinacy in the great Church, but the doors being forced, and most of his men killed or wounded, he sprung the mine, which destroyed both that and the citadel, overwhelming himself and two thousand Turks in one tremendous ruin. The enemy having now entire posses sion of the hard-fought town, we collected ,sbont 3000 of th e brave fellows who had fought so well, and tett r u hard contest we succeeded in cuttiog our way out, leaving them in possession of a heap of ruins, wind, I have learned has cost Inqaurst 9000 of his best troops in the last attack alnne. i joined Gen. fit)tinas on the 12tli, with 2500 men, 150 prisoners, six can_ nons, and nine standards taken from the enemy during the last fatal attack. We brought the body of Sr. A tiny sr of with us, which will be Interred to-day with mili.ary honours. I received three slight wounds, but am now fast recovering." The facility with which, in thi s coun t r y, mone y i s raised for charitable purposes has been often remarked, and long may this readiness to assist the wants of others be considered one of the brightest traits in the British character. That this benevolent feeling should always be judi ciously exercised, cannot be expected, still less that in the choice of objects the most deserving should always be selected. It real unmixed charity be their object, those who have been the foremost in promoting the Spanish Ball will be obliged to us for calling their attention to the letter which has appeared from the Rev. S. FLETCHER, which describes the extreme degree of suffering to which our manufacturers in the north of England are subject at this moment, and their patience and orderly beha viour under the severe privations to which they are ex posed. Those also who have contributed to the fete which is to take place on the 21st, under the mistaken notion that some relief would be afforded by it to our coun trymen, as well as to the foreigners fur whose benefit it is intended, will forgive us for hinting to them that this is the second BaU which has been given for the advantage of the latter, the gr . eater part of whom have already in different ways enjoyed the bounty of Government, and that in regard to the aid which it is professed to give to our own manufacturers, by recom mending Ladies and Gentlemen to clothe themselves in silk, it is well known that this material is very little employed in evening dress, and that even if it were, the relief would be to the tradesman at whose shop in town the article was purchased, and not . to the 'unempl o y e d , operatiyes in . :the country.— We dO not ask those Whom addressing to sub scribe to another tali the last ‘which Was gtveit for the Spaniards netted,, we believe, :orb , 541. 10s. 6d., 'and this, after the unwearied 'exertions for weeks before of the Ladies PatroneiseS iri OOMMittee assembled. Let them only, after ticy liave gratified their irate for amusement by fign ring the ir ,on the and testified their admiration princi ples,;:ohiberni look at home, and exerktheir i?e.,iio;i o i encert , some more effectual shipe.. We 'have tto.donbt that all the Banker's in London will gladly ,underolp to receii,e- - such subscriptions as may be offered; for this purpole, and we sincerely hope Aluit somelmmoiliato step s will be taken for the rescue of those Who, from their exem plary conduct, hare so strong a claim on our sympathy. We beg to call the attention of our Readers , td the extract in our last page from the.. Time . on the subject of the Marylebone Murder. It would b e well' lithe public press were always so usefully einployed.— .fhe term " brute," however, as applied to a certain enthusiastic theorist, cannot be commended, and Inuit no doubt, have escaped the writer, in the height of a very pardonable indignation at a practice which is too corn mon, of exciting a spurious interest aboiii the most odious criminals. THE FUNDS. 'No alteration in the price of Public Securities took place yesterday after the date of our Correspondent's notice, at two o'clock ; Consols having closed at 74i. Peruvian Bonds, however, advanced to 28. The printed list of the Rate of Exchange yesterday was con siderably lower, but the actual rates negotiated on Holland and Germany were rather higher than those of the last post. CITY, Two o' Clock. The prices, both of English and Foreign Securities, have improved to-day• Consols 79111 i both for Money and for the Account ; New Scrip, fi premium ; Mexican 6 per Cents., 62 to ; Colomliian 41 to *; There is very little doing. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) NOTICES OF NOTIONS. I. Mr. Littleton—Resolution relating to Committees on Priiate Bills. 2. Mr. Cresaett Pelham—To move Resolutions for occasionally holding the Parliaments in the Capitals of the Kingdom other than in London. 3. Mr. Hume—Select Committee to inquire what Laws exist which interfere with the Trade and Manufacture of the United Kingdom, in its details. 4. ,11r. Spring Rice—Bill for consolidating and amending the Laws respecting the paving, lighting, and watching Cities and Towns in Ireland. 3. Mr. John Peter Grant—Bill to amend the Wrongous Im prisonment Act of Scotland. 6. Lord Viscount Ebrington—To continue and perpetuate Act 59 Geo. 3, for facilitating die recovery of Merchant Seamena' Wages 7. Mr. Ellis (of Dublin)—Bill to prevent the wilful and mall cioui destruction of dwelling-houses in Ireland. 8. Mr. flume—Returns of the number of Appeals from the Colonies to the Appeal Courts since the Peace. 9. Mr. Hume—List of Debtors in the Prisons in Great Britain. 111. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—To move a Vote of Ex. chequer 11111, and Surplus of Consolidated fund. (in Com mittee of Ways and Means.) ORDERS OF THE DAY. 1. Supply—Committee. 2. Ways and Means—Committee. 3. Stage Coaches Bill—Committee. 4. Local Jurisdictions (Ireland) Bill—Report. 5. Manor Courts (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 6. Ihbun and Creditor Arrangement Bill—Further considers lion of Report. 7. Quarter-masters Bill— Committee. 8. Sopply—Forther . consideArtion of Resolutions (postponed 23d March.) 9. Innkeeper's Bill—Third reading. 11. Skin Duties Repeal reading. 12. Disembodied Militia Bill--4'oininittee. 13. Assessed Composithiti Bill—Third reading. 14. President of Board 01 Trade Bill—Third reading. 15. Exchequer Bills (Public Works) PitIVATE (.Si•cond Readings for This Day.) 1. East London Railway. 2. Rye Harbour and Road. 3. Rother Levels Drainage. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. ThUrsdail: - I. Mr. Arbuthnot—BM to tran,rer powers of Westminster Improvement Act to Commitotioners of Land Revenue. 2. M Itlartin (of (ialway)—Billlo prevent the cruel and int. proper treatment of Dogs. Tuesday, April 25. Sir Thomas Adand—Hill to expWn . and amend Act 56 Geo. 3, c. 139, regulating the binding of Parish Appren. fleet. PRICES OF STOCKS THI 8411 K Mock 3 per Cent. Iced . 7B 3 per Cent. Cons. 3i per Cent. Ditto Red. 81 41 51 4 ver Pent. New ... 95 41 54 4 per Cent. Scrip (lank Long. Amt. ... 194 3.16 India Stock Ditto Lo n& 5 6 pm. DAY AT ONE O.CLOCK. Smith 4C31 Stock 0111 A ontutiei New Ditto gx. 11 il Is] 0001. 2d.... 11 10 pm. Ditto AN/. 2tl 8 10 pm. Ditto Sitotll ..... 8 10 pm. Ditto Advertised Sioik for Acct. bitliit for Acct. Cons. fur Acct. Mit/ PRICES OF FOREIQN An‘triati 'Bch, vi per cent.— Brazilian !Wm ' 'UNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 27 8 7i Pottuguote hands Prtuptian, 5 per cent. Ditto New Ittoo.ian. New, sp.c. S1.11(11;011821, 5 p. c ti 1823 5 4j French IlenteA, 5 p. c. Exchange ... 25f. 60c. — . 3 p. c. Exchange ... —f. —c. Buenos Ayres My Chilien lithe, ri per ct• — Colotlibi itt lids 42 Do. 1811 40,1 1 401 Draisli. 3 p. ct. .... .631 6 51 ureek Me Do. IBA l4a Guatitnal4 — %lexicon ILIs. Do. 182,5 PRICES OF SHARES AT O) O'CLOCK. Pcr Share. Br:v.ll4th Alining Company Bolivar. Alining- Company tiencral Alining - Association. 2 I'stt4silitt Pazand l'etuilttn Alining Association .. :I, l l l P!Axatma illinlng:Ctintpany 'l lcsl.N 0 4,,Ake441411141iirtrig Comp:my Ittetcy r ~ .4., , :.'.:. - ' iansp Pirffi..mul,frife Asiguronele 4.4)111p:illy Q.', 1 1, /40 1 4.Alanr.liaster Railway Company Nosy; :I;ithangtt ......_.. , PRICE.OF IRISH STOCKS, APRIL hi. iletok Stock.... .. Mining Company — Gor..D:b. :4 pct cent.. .. iitti St. Patrick Insurance...2f dis. I per cent. New do. ... 94Ait National ditto Gov. Stook, :4 per ct. iiiiiii It Hibernian Bank — Consols :i percent. Royal Canal Stock ' 11.4 . Patriotic ditto - Grand Canal Stock Royal Irkit Mining par.,{ dis. Ditto Loan, 4 per cent. - New Brighton Ditto Ditto, ti per cent. ... Hibernian Gas Company FOREIGN MAILS. AnittvED. Gittenhurgh Hamburg!' Due. 1 2 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. illorning, 3 minutes after U. I Evening, 33 minutes after O. C4bt .-:-izit. L 0 N DON, WEDNICSDAY EVENIIIVi7; APRIL 19. .1829. . 'L NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The letters from our Correspondents at the Portm, received this morning, contain no news ; and there are not any arrivals from Foreign Stations. The Raleigh Aloop has been ennoniNsioned at Chatham, by the appointment of Captain J. W. Daßing. Lieutenant Philip Gostling has also been appointed to the %s -leigh ; and Lieutenant Thomas Davies has been appointed Super numerary Lieutenant of the Ramillies. Mr. Samuel Triseott bas been appointed Acting Agent Vic tualler at the Island of Ascension. [FROM LLOYD'S.] Mit, Aran. IB.—Wind S.—Arrived the Frederick, Curtis. from Sierra Leone; and the Dutch 'ntnn of war Sireue, from Cameo& The Providenee, Ardley, for Calcutta, remains.—N.B. The Staff' anti Vane on the South Sand Head Buoy has been re placed. PORTSMOUTH, Arlin. 18.--Wind S.F., light airs.—Arrived the Hope transport, from Chatham ; Thomas and Ann, Hullain, and Caroline, Twiney, from London. Sailed the Indian Trader transport, for Bristol ; Underwood, Iterainton, fur Demerara. His Majesty's ships Talhut and Scorpion have Come into harbour, PLystouTtr, Aram 11.—Wind N.—Sailed the Osbaldeeton, —, and the St. Helena, ---, for Quebec. FA LIWOUTH, Arnu. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived the MartfOret, Duck, from London. Off the port the 1 leriditm 3 Knudtou, from St. Croix. Sailed the Frolic pack e t, for America;. and tbe.Dtko of Marlborough ditto, for Lisbon. Cowes, Arnir. 18.—Arrived the Two Friends, Sayer. &NO Ilavannah in 38 days. [Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Havana, dated 2fith February.] " this Majesty's ship Vigilant, from Vera Crux, from whence she sailed the sth instant with Government dispatches, put is here the 21st instant, having sustained damage, and she pro ceeded two days ago for England." FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. THE KING. Nnsolt, Aran. 18.—Yesterday afternoon the Kma enjoyed three hours' airing in the Great Park. Ili* Majesty and Suite k* the Royal Lodge at half-past two o'clock iu three pony phaeton', and drove through the new plantations to Virginia Water, about the environs of which he passed a considerable por tion of the time; he afterwards visited the New Ledge in the Forest, Cranbourne, and Sandpit Gate ; returned home at half after five, and at seven o'clock honoured his suite with his company at dinner. His Majesty is expected to leave the Royal Lodge the latter end'of the week for London; but his stay there will be very short. Yesterday the Princess Sophia visited the Duke of York at his house in South Audley-street. On Monday evening the Duchess of Kant and the Piillol.i. Peodore honoured Covent-garden Theatre with their pretence. Prince Leopold left town yokiterday morning for Claremont, Nothing important occurred in any of the Courts of Law this morning. Yesterday Viscount MrLvti.LE transacted business at the Foreign Office. Dispatches were yesterday morning received 'at the Foreign O ffi ce, from Lord IlLoomiriFlLD, the British Ambassador at Stockholm. Yesterday morning Mr. iitmiqui arrived at the Foreign Office, with dispatches from the Netherlands.. Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, the Duke of YORK accompanied his Royal Sister, the Princess Sophia, in her Royal Highness's carriage, to the Royal Duke's office, in the Horse Guards, where, in a short time after his Royal Highness . held a Levee, which was attended by General the Marquis of Huntley, General Sir John Murray, Lieutenant- General Sir John Hamilton, Lieutenant-General Sir Watiatir. Houstoun, Lieut.• General Sir F. T. Hammond, Lleut.-General Murray, Lieut.-Gen. ("oldie, Lieut.-Gen. Molyneuz, Lieut.-Oen. O'Lochlin, Lieut.-General Slade, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Sir R. Borough, Sir James Macgregor, Major-General King, and about 60 others. The Len* occupied the attention of the Commander in-Chief till past ail o'clock. CORN EXCITANGE.---The arrivals to this mom; ing's market are moderate of Grain—and of Flour goad. Wheat. of fine quality goes off at Monday's prices, but other ectril sat nearly unsaleable. Barley stands at Monday's reduction. Beau and Pease are in very trifling demand at last quotation& have a very dull trade at the rates of lag market-day. A A lua 4 is —English Wheat, 8,050.; Barley, 3,240; Oats, 9,lool.lfieh Oats, 2,500 qrs. ; Flour, 6,100 sacs. In the old Roman Kalender the lucky :days. NW marked with Silver Letters; in. Ka'midst of Fortune they are marked with Capitals of Gold, and in the propitious month of April they have been marked with Showers of Gold ; for hi April 1318/1 sold ALL the Prizes of 30,0001.1 and having, in the past year, sold Five Prizes of Thirty Thousand, and li;leven Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds, it is not too much to presume that BUM will sell, in the pre sent April, at least Three or Four out of the Six Prizes of Twenty Thousand Guineas, which must, all be drawn on W e dnesday, the 3d of May,